Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in the USA has developed nitride semiconductor solar cells with high quantum efficiency for short wavelengths (370-450nm) and concentrated photovoltaics at temperatures up to 400°C [Liang Zhao et al, ...
Tags: PV Performance, Electrical
Celebrity couples threw caution to the wind this year, with weddings--and wedding rings--that marked a return to pre-recession extravagance. George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin tied the knot in a former Venetian palazzo while Kim ...
Tags: Bridal Jewelry, Jewelry
Concrete is not just for sidewalks these days. In fact, with the development of special decorative techniques, concrete is revolutionizing home decor. This durable and affordable substance can be used for a multitude of applications indoors ...
Tags: Picture Glossary, Construction
Vanderbilt University in Tennessee, USA is expanding its research capabilities with the addition of a PlasmaPro 100 Cobra plasma etch system from UK-based etch, deposition and growth system maker Oxford Instruments, to be installed soon in ...
Tags: Oxford Instruments, Plasma Etch
AI Technology, Inc. (AIT) has recently developed a series of temporary wax-like media that has been proven to be useful in many of thinning applications, in particular for the dies and wafers of cell phones, cameras and tablets. ...
Tags: AI Technology, wax-like media
Xi’an Jiaotong University and Shaanxi Supernova Lighting Technology Co., Ltd., of China have used silver nanorods to engineer gallium vacancy defects in gallium nitride (GaN) to create color tunable light emitting diodes [Yaping Huang ...
Tags: GaN, LEDs, LED heterostructure
Orbotech has completed the acquisition of SPTS Technologies Group which works in the areas of advanced packaging and micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS). The company said that the acquisition of SPTS would help them as the latter is a ...
Deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Aachen, Germany has teamed up with research institution Fraunhofer IISB (Institute for Integrated Systems and Device Technology) in Erlangen, Germany, to develop 150mm silicon carbide (SiC) epitaxy ...
Tags: Aixtron CVD SiC, Electrical, Electronics
As devices such as cell phones, cameras, and tablets continue to shrink, there is also a big push to shrink the thickness of these devices, and hence the thickness of the dies and wafers, says AI Technology Inc (AIT) of Princeton Junction, ...
Tags: Bonding Wax, Back-Grinding
MEI Wet Processing Systems and Services LLC (a subsidiary of MEI LLC) of Albany, OR, USA has revealed performance data on its new Cu & TiW Critical Etch System for compound semiconductor manufacturing. MEI says that its Critical Etch ...
Tags: Cu, spray tools, TiW etch
Researchers in Japan and USA have claimed the first experimental demonstration of higher breakdown voltage for slant field-plate (FP) gallium nitride (GaN) high-electron-mobility transistors (HEMTs) over convention field-plate designs ...
Tags: GaN, HEMTs, Electronics
A novel ceramic-functional-particle-filled polymer composite material has been developed for the use either in discrete elements on the PCB or in being embedded within the packaging substrate for high-frequencyThe number of complete cycles ...
Tags: RF Capacitor, PCB
University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) has used photo-electro-chemical etch (PEC) to create 405nm-wavelength vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) based on indium gallium nitride (InGaN) multiple quantum wells (MQWs) [C. ...
Researchers from Ohio State University (OSU) and University of California–Irvine (UCI) have developed a band engineering technique to improve the results from photo-electro-chemical (PEC) etch of nitride semiconductors [Prashanth ...
The world’s third-largest aluminum electrolyticA polarized capacitor exhibiting a very high capacitanceThat property of a system of conductors and dielectrics which permits the storage of electricity when potential difference exists ...
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